Cabo Verde Music Awards

The Cape Verde Music Awards is an annual music award ceremony that takes place every year. The award ceremony takes place in the capital city of Praia, Cape Verde. It is also broadcast on TCV.

History

The origins of the creation of the music awards for Cape Verde began in the 2000s.
The first edition took place in March 2011 and was one of the most recent music awards made by any country, featuring some of the greatest Cape Verdean musicians from the diaspora abroad. The first guests included Gilyto, La MC Malcriado and Suzanna Lubrano. The recent edition took place on 2016, featuring Elida Almeida, Gilyto, Hélio Batalha and others.

1st - 2011, held on March 12:
*Producer: Gilyto, participants: Maria de Barros, Gilyto, Suzanna Lubrano, La MC Malcriado
2nd - 2012, held in March:
*Participants: Bana, Gilyto, Mirri Lobo, Val and Robert Xalino
3rd - 2013:
*Participants: Nelson Freitas, Carmen Souza, Splash
4th - 2014:
*Participants: Gilyto, Neuza, Soraia de Deus
5th - 2015:
*Participants: Gardénia Benros, Lejemea, Jorge Serna
6th - 2016, held on May 7:
*Participants: Elida Almeida, Gilyto, Hélio Batalha
7th - 2017
8th - 2018
9th - 2019
10th - 2021
11th - 2022, will be held on October 1:
*Nominations were announced on August 28, 2022.

Album of the Year	Best Male Performance	Best International Rhythm
Batchart – Resiliente Dino D'Santiago – BADIU June Freedom – Anchor Baby	Dino D'Santiago – "Esquinas" June Freedom – "Andréia" Mureno – "Mor Di Nha Vida"	Dieg – "Mununo June Freedom – "Andréia" Nenny – "Tequila"